Sleep

by Rich Pasco
Revised Wednesday, January 14, 2004
Copyright © 2004 Richard Pasco

Sleep is a Windows 32-bit console utility to wait for a specified number of seconds, during which it yields CPU to other tasks.

License is free to end users, but I retain the copyright. This program is shared "as-is" without warranty, promise of support, or liability for consequences of its use.

Calling syntax

Command-line invocation is according to the syntax: 

  sleep n ...
where n is the number of seconds to wait.

Installation

  1. Download and open sleep.zip.
  2. Move sleep.exe into any directory on your command PATH.
  3. Save sleep.html (this file) for future reference.
Author: Rich Pasco